Reverend Ernst Toller is a solitary, middle-aged parish pastor at a small Dutch Reform church in upstate New York on the cusp of celebrating its 250th anniversary. Once a stop on the Underground Railroad, the church is now a tourist attraction catering to a dwindling congregation, eclipsed by its nearby parent church, Abundant Life, with its state-of-the-art facilities and 5,000-strong flock. When a pregnant parishioner asks Reverend Toller to counsel her husband, a radical environmentalist, the clergyman finds himself plunged into his own tormented past, and equally despairing future, until he finds redemption in an act of grandiose violence.
GENRE: Drama
, Suspense/Thriller
MPAA RATING: R
RUN TIME: 113 minutes
RELEASE DATE: May 18, 2018
STARRING: Ethan Hawke
, Amanda Seyfried
, Cedric Kyles
, Michael Gaston
, Philip Ettinger
DIRECTOR(S): Paul Schrader
PRODUCER(S):
WRITER(S): Paul Schrader
STUDIO: A24
OFFICIAL MOVIE WEBSITE: http://a24films.com/films/first-ref
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